Carum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Careae
Genus: Carum
Species: C. appuanum – C. asinorum – C. atlanticum – C. bretschneideri – C. buriaticum – C. carvi – C. caucasicum – C. graecum – C. heldreichii – C. iminouakense – C. jahandiezii – C. lacuum – C. leucocoleon – C. meifolium – C. meoides – C. polyphyllum – C. porphyrocoleon – C. proliferum – C. rupicola – C. seselifolium – C. takenakae – C. wolffianum
Name

Carum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 263. (1753)

Carum carvi L. Sp. Pl. 1: 263. (1753)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 263.
Hassler, M. 2018. Carum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Carum. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 17 2018.
Tropicos.org 2014. Carum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 5.
Zakharova, E.A., Degtjareva, G.V. & Pimenov, M.G. 2012. Redefined generic limits of Carum (Umbelliferae, Apioideae) and new systematic placement of some of its taxa. Willdenowia 42(2): 149–168. DOI: 10.3372/wi.42.42201 Reference page.

Vernacular names
azərbaycanca: Zirə
башҡортса: Аҡ әнис
беларуская: Кмен
čeština: kmín
Чӑвашла: Çерçи кĕпçи
dansk: Kommen-slægten
Deutsch: Kümmel
dolnoserbski: Garba (rod)
English: Caraway
eesti: Köömen
فارسی: زیره سیاه اروپایی
suomi: Kuminat
עברית: כרוויה
hornjoserbsce: Kimjelčka
հայերեն: Քեմոն
ქართული: კვლიავი
қазақша: Зире
Nederlands: Karwij
Ирон: Фыдхос
polski: Kminek
português: Carum
русский: Тмин
slovenčina: rasca
svenska: Kumminar
українська: Кмин
中文: 葛缕子属

Carum is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Old World. The most important species is caraway (C. carvi), the seeds of which are widely used as a culinary spice. In the Mongolian Flora (adjunctive by Urgamal M., 2012) is two species (C. carve L., C. buriaticum Turcz.) belong to the genus Carum L.

Carum bulbocastanum is nowadays placed in Bunium and usually synonymized with Bunium persicum.
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